dodécaphonisme
French, noun/dɔ.de.ka.fɔ.nism/
dodécaphonisme is spelled D-O-D-É-C-A-P-H-O-N-I-S-M-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dodécaphonisme is a French masculine noun meaning “dodecaphonism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Technique de composition musicale sur les douze sons de la gamme chromatique, c’est-à-dire les douze notes…”.
What does dodécaphonisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedodecaphonism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Technique de composition musicale sur les douze sons de la gamme chromatique, c’est-à-dire les douze notes contenues à l’intérieur d’une octave. 2. Style musical qui est issu de cette technique de composition.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dodécaphonisme
- dodécaphonismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dodécaphonisme?
- /dɔ.de.ka.fɔ.nism/
- /dɔ.de.ka.fɔ.nizm/
- \dɔ.de.ka.fɔ.nism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dodécaphonisme in French?
dodécaphonisme appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).